The Resource Blackmail, my love : a murder mystery, written and illustrated by Katie Gilmartin
Blackmail, my love : a murder mystery, written and illustrated by Katie Gilmartin
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The item Blackmail, my love : a murder mystery, written and illustrated by Katie Gilmartin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Josie O'Conner travels to San Francisco in 1951 to locate her gay brother, a private dick investigating a blackmail ring targeting lesbians and gay men. Jimmy's friends claim that just before he disappeared he became a rat, informing the cops on the bar community's nascent resistance to raids, graft, and brutality. Josie adopts Jimmy's trousers and wingtips as well as his investigation, battling to clear his name, halt the blackmailers, and exact justice for the mounting number of Queer corpses. Along the way she rubs shoulders with a sultry chanteuse running a dyke tavern called Pandora's Box; gets intimate with a red-headed madame operating a brothel from the Police Personnel Department; and conspires with the star of Finocchio's a dive so disreputable it's off limits to servicemen--so every man in uniform pays a visit. Blackmail, My Love is an illustrated murder mystery deeply steeped in San Francisco's Queer history. Established academic and first-time novelist Katie Gilmartin's diverse set of characters negotiate the risks of same-sex desire in what can arguably be called the Dark Ages of Queerdom. Humor leavens the grave subject matter. The novel's action is fueled by a little-known 1951 California Supreme Court ruling that homosexuals have a right to congregate: the decision incited tavern owner resistance to customary payoffs in exchange for police protection, but also provoked new surveillance tactics to justify raids and extortion. Set in such legendary locations as the Black Cat Cafe, the Fillmore during its heyday as jazz capitol of the west, the Beat movement's North Beach, and the sexually complex Tenderloin, Blackmail, My Love is neo-noir novel that distills history and fiction into a singular, visually stunning experience"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Note
- Historical note at end of volume is a brief summary of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United States and California in particular
- Isbn
- 9781627780643
- Label
- Blackmail, my love : a murder mystery
- Title
- Blackmail, my love
- Title remainder
- a murder mystery
- Statement of responsibility
- written and illustrated by Katie Gilmartin
- Subject
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- truePrivate investigators
- trueMale impersonators
- trueMissing persons
- trueMurder
- Noir fiction
- Noir fiction
- Police corruption
- truePolice corruption
- Police corruption -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- trueSexuality
- 1900 - 1999
- Brothers and sisters
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- California -- San Francisco
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Extortion
- trueExtortion
- Extortion -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Gay bars
- Gay bars -- Fiction
- trueGay bars and restaurants
- trueGay men
- Gay private investigators
- Gay private investigators -- Fiction
- Gays
- Gays -- History -- 20th century
- Gays -- Violence against
- Gays -- Violence against -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueInvestigations
- trueLesbians
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Josie O'Conner travels to San Francisco in 1951 to locate her gay brother, a private dick investigating a blackmail ring targeting lesbians and gay men. Jimmy's friends claim that just before he disappeared he became a rat, informing the cops on the bar community's nascent resistance to raids, graft, and brutality. Josie adopts Jimmy's trousers and wingtips as well as his investigation, battling to clear his name, halt the blackmailers, and exact justice for the mounting number of Queer corpses. Along the way she rubs shoulders with a sultry chanteuse running a dyke tavern called Pandora's Box; gets intimate with a red-headed madame operating a brothel from the Police Personnel Department; and conspires with the star of Finocchio's a dive so disreputable it's off limits to servicemen--so every man in uniform pays a visit. Blackmail, My Love is an illustrated murder mystery deeply steeped in San Francisco's Queer history. Established academic and first-time novelist Katie Gilmartin's diverse set of characters negotiate the risks of same-sex desire in what can arguably be called the Dark Ages of Queerdom. Humor leavens the grave subject matter. The novel's action is fueled by a little-known 1951 California Supreme Court ruling that homosexuals have a right to congregate: the decision incited tavern owner resistance to customary payoffs in exchange for police protection, but also provoked new surveillance tactics to justify raids and extortion. Set in such legendary locations as the Black Cat Cafe, the Fillmore during its heyday as jazz capitol of the west, the Beat movement's North Beach, and the sexually complex Tenderloin, Blackmail, My Love is neo-noir novel that distills history and fiction into a singular, visually stunning experience"--
- Award
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery
- Assigning source
- provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10387978
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gilmartin, Katie
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gay private investigators
- Brothers and sisters
- Extortion
- Police corruption
- Gays
- Gay bars
- Gays
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Brothers and sisters
- Extortion
- Gay bars
- Gay private investigators
- Gays
- Gays
- Police corruption
- California
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a murder mystery
- Label
- Blackmail, my love : a murder mystery, written and illustrated by Katie Gilmartin
- Note
- Historical note at end of volume is a brief summary of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United States and California in particular
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Control code
- ocn869920791
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9781627780643
- Lccn
- 2014001498
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869920791
- Label
- Blackmail, my love : a murder mystery, written and illustrated by Katie Gilmartin
- Note
- Historical note at end of volume is a brief summary of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United States and California in particular
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn869920791
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9781627780643
- Lccn
- 2014001498
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869920791
Subject
- truePrivate investigators
- trueMale impersonators
- trueMissing persons
- trueMurder
- Noir fiction
- Noir fiction
- Police corruption
- truePolice corruption
- Police corruption -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- trueSexuality
- 1900 - 1999
- Brothers and sisters
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- California -- San Francisco
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Extortion
- trueExtortion
- Extortion -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Gay bars
- Gay bars -- Fiction
- trueGay bars and restaurants
- trueGay men
- Gay private investigators
- Gay private investigators -- Fiction
- Gays
- Gays -- History -- 20th century
- Gays -- Violence against
- Gays -- Violence against -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueInvestigations
- trueLesbians
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